
View from the Wing
Hotel Front Desk Worker Admits Eating Guest’s $50 DoorDash Order—It Was Left In The Lobby For 2 Hours
a hotel guest “DoorDashes a $50 meal to the lobby—only to find the front desk worker already ate it.” The man says he found the front desk agent eating his order. She says the food had been sitting there for two hours.
Trending

View from the Wing
Dad Steals Bose Earbuds At DFW Airport—Then Pleads With Police To Avoid Arrest “I’m Here With My Son”
Police found the father and his young son at an airport restaurant after a shop reported nearly $300 in missing earbuds. He denied taking them until officers flagged they had surveillance footage, then repeatedly asked to pay and avoid arrest.

Traveling For Miles
Japan Airlines (JAL) award sale (USA Economy Class 18,900 miles/Europe Business Class 38,500 miles)
Japan Airlines, the Oneworld partner of, amongst others, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and British Airways is currently running a very good award sale for Economy Class, Premium Economy, and Business Class flights on select routes. You'll have to be careful of the surcharges, but there could be some very good...

View from the Wing
American Airlines Passenger Got Stuck In Bathroom—Customer Service Asks For Her Confirmation Code To Help Her Out
On a Philadelphia–Lisbon flight, a passenger tweeted that the bathroom door wouldn’t open. American answered in eight minutes with a request for her booking code. She later confirmed she’d been freed—and wanted everyone to stop liking the post.

Paddle Your Own Kanoo
United Airlines Boeing 777 Makes ‘Steep Descent’ Over the Atlantic After Cockpit Windscreen Cracks at 37,000 Feet
A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 with as many as 276 passengers on board made a “steep descent” as it was flying over the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of Saturday morning after the main cockpit windscreen cracked as the plane was flying at approximately 37,000 feet. United flight...

Frequent Miler
Chase Exclusive Tables is so exclusive some restaurants are hidden
The Chase Sapphire Reserve® card includes twice-annual $150 credits for restaurant spending at Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables. These are a curated selection of high-end restaurants available through a special version of OpenTable. You do NOT need to make a reservation or pay through Chase or OpenTable to earn the $150...

View from the Wing
Passenger Took An Uber To The Airport—Driver Kept The Trip Running, Increasing Fare 168%
A woman says her Uber driver dropped her at Mexico City’s airport after a 19-minute ride, then sat there with the trip still running for more than an hour. Her $24.56 estimate became a $66.72 charge. She was inside the terminal while the app treated her as though she were...
Reviews
Read the latest reviews for road warriors and frequent flyers.
-
Flight Review: British Airways Boeing 787-10 Club World – LHR-ORD
October 11, 2026
-
Hotel Review: Kimpton Saint George Toronto, Canada
October 10, 2026
-
Flight Review: British Airways Airbus A321neo Club Europe – AMS-LHR
October 10, 2026
-
Review: Air Astana Airbus A320neo – Tashkent to Almaty
October 10, 2026

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Top 5 Car Rental Bonus Mile and Point offers for October 2026
Here are our Top Car Rental Bonuses for this month. Many of these offers go beyond this month so don’t count them out for rentals you need to book further down the road! Keep in mind sometimes the rates paid for some of these offers may cost more than other...

Frequent Miler
More easy rewards: Staples fee-free $200 Mastercard gift cards
Staples is again offering $200 Mastercard Gift Cards with no purchase fee from Sunday 10/11/26, through Saturday, 10/17/26. Note that there is a limit of nine per customer per day listed, but some may be able to purchase more at their local store. The Deal Staples is again offering fee-free...

Economy Class & Beyond
Airplane Art – British Airways Airbus A320neo in “BA Better World livery”
It’s Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have a British Airways Airbus A320neo, painted in the BA Better World livery, as it pushes back from its home base of London Heathrow Airport. British Airways operates a fleet of 36 Airbus A320neo aircraft in its single-type...

The Gate with Brian Cohen
Really Cold, Windy and Dreary at Saxhóll Crater in Iceland
The morning was cold and dreary as I was driving that morning on the road along the Snæfellsnesj Peninsula in western Iceland on my way to Saxhóll Crater; and the weather was in sharp contrast to the warm sunny day while I was visiting the Golden Circle.
Nevertheless, I arrived at...

View from the Wing
Congressional Candidate Faces Felony Charge For Failing To Return Rental Car [Roundup]
Court records show a pending felony case against a congressional candidate over a rental car due back in October 2019. Plus, Delta’s Asia expansion plans, new American regional jet seats, and Elon Musk’s pitch to send Grok a photo of your credit card.

View from the Wing
Rove’s 130 Miles Per Dollar Software Offer Lets You Buy Points At 3/4ths Of A Cent
There's an offer that earns 130.7 Rove miles per dollar, in other words that lets you buy Rove Miles which can be transferred to a variety of currencies at just three-quarters of a cent apiece. That's an extraordinary rate.

Frequent Flyer Bonuses
Flash Offer: Buy IHG One Rewards points with a 100% bonus + 3,500 bonus points until October 13
IHG One Rewards members can earn a 100% bonus + 3,500 bonus points with the hotel program’s current flash offer for buying points that runs until October 13, 2026. With this version of the 100% bonus offer you can buy up to 200,000 points and receive 400,000 in total with...

View from the Wing
Airfare Went Up After You Searched Again? The Myth You’re Being Tracked Just Won’t Die
A Dutch regulator examined more than 14 million airline transactions and found little personalized pricing. Searching without buying might actually signal that you need a discount—not that you’re willing to pay more.

Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Riyadh Airport Might Still Be Shut, But That Hasn’t Stopped Houthi Missile Attacks: Latest Developments
Just hours after the Houthi rebels renewed their threat to target civil aviation across Saudi Arabia, another terminal at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport (RUH) appears to have taken a direct hit from a ballistic missile strike on Sunday afternoon. Smoke was seen rising from Terminal 4 at King Khalid...

View from the Wing
Delta’s Oil Refinery Looked Like A Bad Bet—Then It Made $1.36 Billion, But It Isn’t “Cheap Fuel”
Delta’s oil refinery looked like an expensive mistake for years. Then it made $1.36 billion in operating profit from 2022 through 2025, and the Iran war made the bet look smarter still. But the payoff isn’t cheap fuel that lets Delta profitably fly routes its rivals can’t—it’s a refining business...












































